Issued Monthly byForest Owners Association, Inc.

Acting President:Treasurer-Membership Secretary:

Editor-Secretary:Dr. Eugene Klochkoff, 20 E. 74th St., New York 21, N.Y.Mrs. Luella B. Palmer, 157 Ballantyne Rd ,, Syracuse, N.Y.Floyd E. Carlson, College of Forestry, Syracuse, N.Y.

DR. KLOCHKOFF NYFOA PRESIDENTBOARD ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

At the 17th meeting of the NYFOA BoardDirectors held ~n Syracuse on May 22, 1965,following officers were elected:Dr. Eugene Kl~chkoff, a physician of New

k City, was ele~ted President; David H.aburgh, consulting forester of Buchanan,

stchester County, 1st Vice President; HarveySmith, a farmer of Auburn, 2nd Vice Presi-; Mrs. Luella B. Palmer, housewife ofcuse, Treasurer; Floyd E. Carlson, pro-onal forester, Syracuse, Secretary.The Board of Directors approved Saratoga

as the place for the 3rd Fall Meetingset the dates for September 24-25, 1965.Several chairmen of committees were

-,"UU.J.1 ted:John F ••Daly, Herkimer, Legislation;tus Miller, Utica, New York State Expos-exhibit for NYFOA; David H. Hanaburgh,

nan, Harvesting and Marketing; Mrs.y Wertheimer, Syracuse, Heiberg Memor-

Dr. Gerald R. Stairs, Syracuse, Program.Other committee chairmanships appointedbe announced pending acceptance by

~ - - - - - - - - - - - -HOORAY! AT LAST!

true I On April 15, 1965, the_··oT'nalRevenue Service informed us that

York Forest Owners Association, Inc.~~~~~~t, under provisions of the

Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c)(5).As we understand it, this means your member-ship dues, expenses of travel, registrationfees and gifts to NYFOA, now or ,in the future~~re tax deductable! F.E.C.

WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED - Part I

(Report by Floyd E. Carlson, Secretary, NewYork Forest Owners Association, Inc. at 3rdAnnual Meeting, April 24, 1965, at StateUniversity College of Forestry, Syracuse, NewYork)

Since April 1, 1964, to March 31, 1965,many changes have occurred in the New YorkFOT~strOwna:bs"'it~sosiatiOI1,~','1.

First, with reference to your officers,there was the death of our First Vice Presi-dent, Harold J. Evans 11 months ago on May28, 1964. Then for reasons of health ourPresident, Theodore T. Buckley, resigned Feb-ruary 16, 1965. From our dynamic ProgramCommittee, death took Prof. Svend O. Heibergon February 5 of this year. Prof. Heiberg isrightly credited with being'the founder ofour Association. Taken together these havebeen heavy blows for our Association. Theirloss to us has been keenly felt because oftheir outstanding experience, enthusiasm forthe Association's objectives in advancing thecause of forestry and for the wealth of •friendships which they brought to our unitedefforts.

Looking at this change in personnel from

the positive si-d-e.-p'eT'hapswe should say thatwe have been .f,or:t1:.lnateindeed to have had theservices of "Ted " and "Red·t!andSvend., withtheir keeoiot-erest'l.n forestry and theirrea l.Lz afd.on·:t:hattthe:henefits of forestry andthe prodl,;.t:ctscPT 'I:or:est-ry.are inde-edJ:ndispe:n:-sable t-oour ;mod~Tn day rcivilizat"ion.

Lodking back on the past 12 months wecan refllce,ctwith considerable satisfaction onthe attendance of 164 atQur 2nd Annual Meet-ing here at the (Ool1egeof Forestry on April25, 1964.,when you wi lIre-call the theme ofthe meeting was "Getting Acquainted wi th ourConservation Agencies". At the afternoonfeature of the meeting the "ConservationCafeter.ti.a"our members had an unusual oppor-tunity, in one place -and in one afternoon,to geta;cqua:int:ed with the major conserva-tion and 'forestry services and agencies ofNew York state.

Represented in the "Conservation Cafe-teria" we.re the Cornell Extension Service,The Nor-thern 'Loggers Association, SoilConservation Service., Fish and WildlifeManagement Act of the Conservation Dsp t.•.,New York 'State Tree Farm Committee, con-sultingfo.resters.,·the Forest Practice Actof the Conservation Dept .•, AgriculturalStabili.zation and Conservation Services ofthe U.S. Depa r-tmenf of Agri'culture, Divi-sion of Conservation Education of the Con-servation Dep t,, and from the College ofForestry., Departmerttof Extension and theMarketing Bulletin .•

Then you wHl "recall the challengethat Nature sent us on the occasion of our2nd Annual Fall Meeting in Cayuga County onOctober 9-10, 1964, when the chilling wind,the dark cl.ouds, the threatening sky, thesnow, the rain, the wet walk through thealfalfa field that took us to that marvel-ous woods of Ralph Webster's and later inthe afternoon our visit to these greathardwood specimens in the woods of LawrenceW. Hoyt. You will recall also the Depart-ment of Silviculture personnel's ableparticipation in both fall and annualmeetings.

You will recall too our Association'sfirst banquet at the Auburn Country Club,Gordon C. DeAngelo's outstanding talk onIndian history, the visit to Ben Swayze'ssugar bush and the sugar house, the outstand-ing luncheon that followed at the famed Aur-ora Inn where Harvey Smith ably served astoastmaster and then finally our flyingfeathered friends at the Montezuma National

Wildlife Refuge., Here were two great programs carefully

developed by a hard working Program Committeeheade.d by Emiel Palmer and a whale of a lotof detailed work taken care of by the Arrange-ments Committee chaired by Harvey Smith 'OfAuburn and at the 2nd Annual Meeting at theCollege by Dorothy Wertheimer of Syracuse.

Looking at other accomplishments in thepast year, the Board of Directors have meton April 25, May 16, June 20, August 8,October 8, November 6, January 9 and March13, - a total of eight meetings. The meet-ings are not a perfunctory affair. Theyusually start at around 10 o'clock on Satur-day morning and finish around 3:30 or 4:00in the afternoon. A great deaT'cif}ha'rd .thinking, careful plannirlggoe's "lnto"·them.

All the meetings have .been hel d inSyracuse except the one on June ,20 when theBoard of Directors drove to Ellicottville tomeet with representatives of the ResourceDevelopment Project Advisory Committee work-ing in the three counties of Allegany, Catt-araugus and Chautauqua. We had hoped towork out a southwestern NeW York Forest LandUse Conference but this did not m~teiialize.

Now, regarding more detailed accomplish-ments, we got out 10,000 copies of the newrevis~d Association brochure; thers was ourfirst exhibit at the New York State Exposi-tion. We printed a membership directbrywhich we now need again; we developed a setof 30 Kodachrome slides with a lecture out-line on the Pack Forest First Fall Meeting.

Through the efforts of President Buckleyand First Vice President Evans the NYFOA be~came a member of the Joint Conference onConservation held in New York State.

There has been a significant improve-ment in our membership records, thanks toLuella B. Palmer, our Membership Secretary -Treasurer, closely assisted by Mrs. GoldaBrenner, my secretary in the Extension Dept,of the College of Forestry. Questionnaireshave been sent to our membership to discivertheir preferences regarding price and placefor fall meetings as well as our annualmeetings.

On the publicity side we have had notless than three statewide releases to some700 press, radio and TV outlets of the -state. There have been several two columnstories in the Northern Logger regarding ourAssociation activities. Alex Dickson hasassisted in getting NYFOA releases to countyextension papers. Past Pre~ident Buckly,

Hamilton, Harvey Smith and your, secre-have given talks before service clubs ..other groups. Gus Mi ller appeared onion KWK-TVin Utica where he made refer-

ce it.oour Associat ion s r v'Ihr ee Umes duringyear there have been reference to our Assoc-on over Station WGY and especially on the

featuring publicity on the New York1964 White House Christmas Tree fromtown, N.Y. in which Director Hamilton

President Buckley participated. We haveanding invitation to go on a three stationet work as soon as we can work out materialthis opportunity. Harvey Smith, in connec-with our fa11 program, appeared on an

radio station.

YOUR ZIP CODE NEEDED!

On July 1st the post office has announc-at all bulk mail will be required to have

.p code, to reach its destination promptly.With this Forest Owner we are enclosing

reply post card to make it easy for you toy us;:with this required information.YOU PLEASE FILL IT OUT AT ONCE!

_ We think that members of the NYFOA arespecial people - that you folks willevery last card and in that way you

be s~re to get your Forest Owner. In facte so confident that we will get a 100%ng of these post cares with your zip code

that we are going to have printed upuly issue of the Forest Owner enough

es to supply every member.Bulk mail you say? Yes! Since we are

a tax exempt organization the post officegranted us bulk mailing privileges. But

are Tegulations we must follow to getreduced rate. And having a zip code for

- is one of them.Oh yes! Since we use addressograph

s in mailing - we must put your zipumber on your addressograph plate. So,

as we get your post card we can starthis. May we have your cooperation? It

really help!F.E.C.

~ VEY SMITH - CERTIFIED TREE FARMER

t the recent Third Annual Meeting ofYork Forest Owners Association, Har-

°th, our genial Second Vice President,

ann60riced with a great big smile that he wasnow a Certified Tree Farmer!

there is a lot of satisfaction in doinga job right and this applies equally well tomanagement of your forest lands. And whenthe job is done right, you are then ina posi ...•tion to apply for certification of your for-est property to Association member H. DyerPhillips, Woodlands Manager, St. Regis PaperCo ,, Deferiet, N.Y., who is Chairman of theNew York Tree Farm.Committee.· We sincerelyhope as time goes on that Dyer will havehundreds of Tree Farm~ to be certified. Howabout wri Hng Dyer to know how you 'can qual-ify? F.E.C.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S MESSAGE ON NATURAL BEAUTYPART III

(Editor's note:making message.

W~continue with this historyF.E.C.)

"Thomas Jefferson wrote that communities'should be planned with an eye to the effectmade upon the human spirit by being contin-ually surrounded with a maximum of beauty.'

''Wehave often sadly neglected this ad-vice in the modern American city. Yet thisis where most of our people live. It iswhere the character of our young is formed.It is where American civilization will beincreasingly concentrated in years to come~

"Such a challenge wi 11 not be met witha few more parks or playgrounds. It requiresattention to the architecture of building,the structure of our roads, preservation ofhistorical buildings and monuments, carefulplanning of new suburbs. A concern for theenhancement of beauty must infuse every as-pectof the growth and development of metro-politan areas. It must be a principal res-ponsibili ty of Local government,' supportedby active and concerned citizens.

'~ederal assistance ,can be a valuablestimulus and help to such local efforts.

"I have recommended a community exten-sion program which will bring the resourcesof the university to focus on problems ofthe community just as they ,have long beenconcerned with our rural areas. Among otherthings, this program will help provide train-ing and technical assistance' to,aid in makingour communities more attractive and Vital.In addition" under the Housing Act of 1964,grants will be made to State for training of

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local go>veFrl'mental employees needed fOF comm-unity development. I am F"ecommending a 1965supplemental appro~riatioJ!1l to implemernt this:program. ,

"We nollW have "b.noprog,F"allTf,Swhich can beof special help in creating: areas: o-f recrea-tion and! be'auty for our metto>poli tan areap opuLat.Lcn r the Open Space Land Program, andthe Land! alnd!W'adt.e:r-Con.s.e:rvation Fund.

"T have already proposed ful.l fundingof the Lanrud and! water Conservation Fund" anddirected the SecF"etary oJ the Interior to.gi ve priority attention t.o se·F.ving' the. needs.of our 9JT.owing;urban population •.

"The prmar]f purpose of the, Open: SpaceProgram has. heen> tCi) help acquir'e, and assure'open sp aces in urbain a;Jr'eas. I propolse aseries of neW!!iLI'iltchilili9JgF"ants: fo'r impF01ving;the: 'natural beauty of \!liro-anopen space •.

"The Open Space Program should be ade-quately financed,. aHndhr(!}aci:l:enedby peFmlitt-ing grants tlDl he: liFlad'eto help city qcverrr-ments acq'lUlire' ailil'd clear area's to create\_,small parks" squares" pedestrian malls andplaygrounds .e-

"Ir» addition ]I wiH request authorityin this program for a matching prog-ram to.ci ties fair landlscaping,: installation ofoutdoor light,s and benches" creating attra-ctive -citys.cape's alon9! raads, and in busi-ness areas" alnd~for o-the.r be·autificationpurpose's •.

"Our ci t y Pa'FKSo have no t ". in lil'lla'nycases,. re·aliz:ed theiF full pOltel'1'tial a.ssources of p.]eas;uFe and play.. I r'ecomm:endon a' matching basis a' se:d.es of federaldemonstza t.i co projects: in c,tty parks, t.o'use the best. thO!1Ughtand acti.on to showhow the appear-ance of these parks canbetter s:erve the people.· 0'£ our towns andmetropolitan areas.

"All of these programs should be oper-ated on the same matching formula to; avoidunnecessary campeti tion among programs andLncr-easevthe possibility of cooperativeeffort. I wi 11 pr-opose such a standard for-mula.

"In a future message on the cities Iwill recommend other changes in our housingprograms esiqaad to strengthen the sense ofcommunity of which natural beauty is animportant componerrt.,

"In almost every part of the countrycitizens are rallying to save landmarks ofbeauty and history. The government mustalso do its share to assist these localefforts which have an important national

purpose. We wi 11 encoura ge and supper-t, theNational Trus t for Historic Preservation inthe United States, charte:red by Conqr ass in1949. I shal I propose legisJ.artian to author-iZ.e supplementa:ry g:ranits to help IocaI'authorities acquire" develop and manage pri-vate propeTties for such purposes •.

"The Registry of National HistoricLandmarks is a fine federal program w~thvi:rrtually no federal cost. I commend i.tsWO:rrKand! the new wave of interest it hasenvOlkediin his,toTical p-reservation."

AUDITOR r S REPORT

Dean.,Betts and I examined the financialledge-r of the New York Forest Owners As.see-iation,. Inc. and certify that it is in order.We are, o,f the opinion that the members ofthe As.soct atf on owe MIs. Palmer a vote ofthanks for conscientious service as oUT treas .•.urer.

April 24, 1965 (signed) Dr. Herbert B.' TepperChairmanCommittee on AudiHog.